Kate Pitrone

I buy secondhand books. My collecting habit began in New York, when I was young. We could go to the remainder floor of certain publishers located in Manhattan and buy hardback books for . . . . Continue Reading »13Jan2014

Greg Weiner at the Library of Law and Liberty blog writes today to remind us that The War on Poverty Turns 50. Yesterday, listening to NPR’s “All Things Considered”, I . . . . Continue Reading »9Jan2014

This is word from the frozen North of America. We are up to 4 degrees below zero this morning. We are not truly snowed in, but local schools, my college and many other places . . . . Continue Reading »7Jan2014

Happy new year and here is why we have had ever happier new years in the lifetimes of anyone alive today. Regardless of the politics of nations, or the decline of social standards, or anything . . . . Continue Reading »1Jan2014

Carl Scott writes about the WSJ Weekend Interview with Stanley Druckenmiller, ” in ” Pay No Attention to that Baby-Boomer behind the Curtain !” I was going to write about that . . . . Continue Reading »21Oct2013

The color was startling against the autumn shades of Northeast Ohio; there was just this nubbin of lilac on one of several lilac bushes that bloom like mad things every spring. I had . . . . Continue Reading »21Oct2013

I heard Senator Mark Begich of Alaska on NPR one evening this week saying, “The Republicans are being held hostage by a small group in their party for political advantage and the American . . . . Continue Reading »6Oct2013

I have been reading and hearing about Ted Cruz all day. You don’t have a second act without a first and he certainly has put on a heck of a first act. Touring about, I’ll . . . . Continue Reading »25Sep2013